Hysteroscopy biopsy at UPMC Magee

300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$5,180.40

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$8,634.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$577.87 with UPMC Work Partners vs $7,943.28 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $577.87 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $827.24 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $906.33 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,336.10 ↓ -74%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,554.12 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,622.10 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,836.99 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,040.13 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,108.24 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $3,109.51 ↓ -40%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,182.86 ↓ -39%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,273.50 ↓ -37%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,273.80 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,273.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare $3,334.43 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR FI $3,367.26 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3,384.53 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,453.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,453.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $3,453.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3,453.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,511.48 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,071.41 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $4,317.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4,748.70 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $4,748.70 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $5,267.25 ↑ +2%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $6,043.80 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $6,907.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $7,338.90 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $7,338.90 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $7,943.28 ↑ +53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Hysteroscopy biopsy at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $639.44 – $3,334.43
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh not published $508.32 – $3,334.43
UPMC Cole Coudersport $515.40 $238.11 – $1,192.92
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $3,720.50 $205.80 – $6,516.82
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $577.87 – $3,273.80
UPMC Bedford Everett not published $577.87 – $3,273.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle not published $604.75 – $4,866.56
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $604.75 – $6,850.20

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